The mental health of college students and a comparative analysis of the factors affecting it
- VernacularTitle:大学生心理健康状况及影响因素的比较分析
- Author:
Bin YAO
;
Yong WANG
;
Ting WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
college student;
mental health;
affecting factor;
SCL-90
- From:
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences)
1981;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To find out the state and characteristics of college students' mental health, and analyse the main factor affecting the mental health of college students. Methods This research investigated 1 350 college students sampled by random with the scale of Symptom Checklist 90(SCL-90), and compared the difference of mental health level between groups with the method of classifying comparison. Results The college students' total mean and factor score of SCL-90 were higher than those of youth norm in China, but 13.6% of college students had psychological problems worse than middle degree. After classifying comparison, the groups with higher score in SCL-90 total mean and factors were as follows: low grade, coming from single-parent family, having low degree of satisfaction with their specialty, feeling heavier stress in study, worse classmate relationship, not asking for help when having mental problem. Conclusion The factors which may affect the mental health level of college students are low grade, coming from single-parent family, having low degree of satisfaction with their specialty, feeling heavier stress in study, bad classmate relationship, and not asking for help when having mental problem.
